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Prefixes and Suffixes in English

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which prefix means "against or opposed to"?

a)

ver

b)

-ant

c)

en-/em-

d)

counter-/contra-/
contro-

2.

Which prefix means "to put in or into"?

a)

cred

b)

en-/em-

c)

re-

d)

-ant/-ent

3.

To say something that is opposite or against what someone else said is to ________ it.

a)

contradict

b)

controversial

c)

verify

d)

credulous

4.

Which suffix means "having the quality of"?

a)

-less

b)

-ful

c)

contra-/counter-/
contro-

d)

-ant/-ent

5.

Which prefix means "again"?

a)

ver

b)

-less

c)

re-

d)

-ful

6.

Someone who has no worries or concerns is:

a)

credulous

b)

predominant

c)

careful

d)

careless

7.

Someone who is CREDULOUS is:

a)

easily tricked or convinced

b)

not easily tricked or convinced

c)

able to be believed or trusted

d)

the most common or most powerful

8.

Something that is PREDOMINANT is:

a)

very firm or impossible to persuade

b)

not common

c)

very common

d)

controversial

9.

Which type of opinion would be CONTROVERSIAL?

a)

An opinion that many people disagree with or are opposed to

b)

An opinion that everyone agrees on

10.

To be CREDIBLE means:

a)

to bring into one's arms

b)

to say the opposite or something or someone else

c)

to be believable

d)

to not be believable

11.

Which of these things would a person NOT EMBRACE?

a)

a relative

b)

a visitor

c)

an enemy

d)

a child

12.

The root word "ver" means:

a)

to be full of

b)

to be without

c)

to do again

d)

truth

13.

Which word means "the quality of being truthful or honest"?

a)

endanger

b)

veracity

c)

verify

d)

embrace

14.

Which word would mean the OPPOSITE of keeping safe or protecting?

a)

embrace

b)

verify

c)

endanger

d)

credible

15.

The weather CONTRADICTS the forecast when it is _______ what was predicted.

a)

the same as

b)

the opposite or different from

16.

Which two word parts are related or similar to one another?

a)

em-/ver

b)

ver/cred

c)

contro-/-ant

d)

re-/-ful

17.

Which prefix means "again"?

a)

-ant/-ent

b)

re-

c)

ver

d)

cred

18.

A prefix goes at the ____________ of a word.

a)

end

b)

middle

c)

beginning

19.

Which word part goes at the END of a word?

a)

prefix

b)

root

c)

suffix

20.

Which word part can be in the beginning OR the middle of a word?

a)

prefix

b)

root

c)

suffix